Wonder in Aliceland

When: Fri., March 5, 11:30 a.m.-9:45 p.m. 2010

It's not every Thursday night you get to go down the rabbit
hole. This week, the Grand Lake Theater
(3200 Grand Ave., Oakland) opens the 3-D version of Tim
Burton's exciting, psychedelic spin on the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice
in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp starring as
the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as a ferocious Red Queen. In this
particularly creepy version, Alice returns to Wonderland as a nineteen-year-old
adolescent and ensconces herself in Carroll's world of hectoring rabbits, mad
tea parties, bitchy female despots, and Cheshire cat heads bobbing from the
sky. Burton's
version is an amazing feat of magical realism and new animation technologies. Kingman's Lucky Lounge (3332 Grand Ave., Oakland)
will host an extended happy hour for anyone attending the opening night screening
at midnight on Thursday, Mar. 4. $6.50-$9.50. RenaissanceRialto.com